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5.0 Benthic <strong>and</strong> Epibenthic Invertebrates<br />

Table 5.4-1. Total Abundance <strong>of</strong> Macroinvertebrates in Day <strong>and</strong> Night Otter Trawls in Los<br />

Angeles <strong>and</strong> Long Beach Harbors, <strong>2008</strong>.<br />

Common Name<br />

Species/Taxon<br />

Total<br />

Abundance<br />

%<br />

<strong>of</strong> Total<br />

Black spotted shrimp Crangon nigromaculata 2,702 38.37<br />

Ridgeback prawn Sicyonia ingentis 1,155 16.40<br />

Black-tailed bay shrimp Crangon nigricauda 969 13.76<br />

Xantus' swimming crab Portunus xantusii 748 10.62<br />

Shrimps Heptacarpus spp. 532 7.55<br />

Tuberculate pear crab Pyromaia tuberculata 236 3.35<br />

Northern crangon shrimp Crangon alaskensis 216 3.07<br />

Spotted ridgeback prawn Sicyonia penicillata 82 1.16<br />

Stimpson's shrimp Heptacarpus stimpsoni 52 0.74<br />

Brown shrimp Penaeus californiensis 48 0.68<br />

Tunicate Styela spp. 47 0.67<br />

California spiny lobster Panulirus interruptus 43 0.61<br />

Paperbubble opisthobranch Philine spp. 29 0.41<br />

Ghost shrimp Callianassa californiensis 24 0.34<br />

California aglaja Navanax inermis 12 0.17<br />

Graceful decorator crab Oregonia gracilis 12 0.17<br />

Yellow crab Metacarcinus anthonyi 8 0.11<br />

Warty sea cucumber Parastichopus parvimensis 8 0.11<br />

Cone snails Conus spp. 7 0.10<br />

Stout bodied shrimp Heptacarpus palpator 6 0.09<br />

Spiny brittle star Ophiothrix spiculata 6 0.09<br />

California sea cucumber Parastichopus californicus 5 0.07<br />

White paperbubble Philine alba 5 0.07<br />

Razor clams Siliqua spp. 5 0.07<br />

Spotted triopha Triopha maculata 5 0.07<br />

California sea hare Aplysia californica 4 0.06<br />

Gastropod Caesia perpinguis 4 0.06<br />

Striped eualid Eualus lineatus 4 0.06<br />

Unidentified shrimps P<strong>and</strong>alus spp. 3 0.04<br />

Short-spined sea star Pisaster brevispinus 3 0.04<br />

Sponge Porifera unid. (encrusting) 3 0.04<br />

Purple sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus 3 0.04<br />

Black-tipped spiny nudibranch Acanthodoris rhodoceras 2 0.03<br />

Stalked tunicate Boltenia vil<strong>los</strong>a 2 0.03<br />

Crabs Brachyura unid. 2 0.03<br />

Nudibranch Dendronotus iris 2 0.03<br />

Lewis's moon snail Euspira lewisii 2 0.03<br />

Elbow crab Heterocrypta occidentalis 2 0.03<br />

Lean western nassa Hima mendica 2 0.03<br />

Sheep crab Loxorhynchus gr<strong>and</strong>is 2 0.03<br />

White urchin Lytechinus anamesus 2 0.03<br />

Oriental shrimp Palaemon macrodactylus 2 0.03<br />

5–20 <strong>2008</strong> Biological Surveys <strong>of</strong> Los Angeles <strong>and</strong> Long Beach Harbors<br />

April 2010

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